NABC Chapter 1038 Pregnant Scholar
Chapter 1038 Pregnant Scholar
Chapter 1038 Pregnant Scholar
That night, the moon rose, its brilliance vying with the snow. I sat by the paper window, a single oil lamp wick burning softly.
The dim flame illuminated the weathered ancient scriptures, heavy with the weight of history. The monk Kongwen's long eyebrows drooped as he gently turned the pages of the scriptures, as if afraid of damaging them.
"Abbot, the injuries you sustained from using the self-sacrifice technique still require rest. Why don't you rest properly in your meditation room?"
Kong Hui sighed and asked, "Could it be a demon that escaped from the Pagoda of Worry?"
Kong Wen shook his head and expressed his confusion: "With the passage of time and the changing of the world, the former Shaohua Temple has become Shaolin Temple, and few people know about it. However, the Bodhisattvas and Buddhas who attained enlightenment and the Pure Land they created are recorded to some extent."
I searched through ancient texts but found no record of the Pure Land of Tianfo's origin, let alone the name of this Buddha, Tianfo Zun.
"Perhaps it is an incarnation or manifestation of someone?" Kong Hui said.
Not only the Bodhisattvas and Buddhas of Buddhism, but also the ancient gods and immortals have left behind various different legends and stories. The descriptions may be old or young, male or female, but it is quite common for them to ultimately refer to the same person.
Dynasties rise and fall, interests are intertwined, stories are passed down orally, and tales are either perfected or distorted. In the end, who can truly discern what has been passed down?
“That’s what I think too.” Kong Wen nodded. “But the Dharmakaya that young friend has attained has the characteristics of being formless yet not formless.”
"Senior brother, are you saying that the master invited by Zhen Ding has attained the golden body of the Tathagata?" Kong Hui asked, slightly surprised.
The various golden bodies manifested through Dharmakaya practice have different levels of attainment, and their essential difference lies in the ultimate dimension that can be reached in the future.
The golden body of the Tathagata and the primordial true body can lead to the other shore, while the Dharma body of the Bodhisattva and Arhat levels, although possessing extraordinary merits, can be sublimated into a golden body by practitioners breaking through realms and deeply understanding the true meaning of Buddhism.
Alternatively, by continuously accumulating subtle aspirations, one can ultimately use the vast ocean of aspirations as a driving force to propel the leap in the Dharmakaya realm.
Regardless of the method, both are extremely arduous practices. One can imagine how difficult it is to comprehend and cultivate the Buddha's golden body, which represents the supreme Dao.
"Could it be that the lineage of Buddha's Hometown did not suffer a great calamity and was interrupted, but remained intact?"
Kong Hui pondered, "I observed that he mastered the Tathagata Palm technique; perhaps he gained enlightenment and sublimation from it?"
"How could this old monk care about the lineage of another sect? It's just that Fellow Daoist Su's Tathagata Golden Body is different from what has been recorded."
As Kong Wen said this, the bewilderment in his eyes deepened: "When the great Bodhisattvas and Arhats of Buddhism attain Buddhahood, they will see a golden body of the Tathagata. However, the appearance of this Tathagata is their own appearance, and the golden body of the Tathagata they attain is also a combination of their own cultivation."
Kong Hui nodded. Many Dharma bodies had competed for the general principles of the Tathagata's Palm back then, and most of them had the opportunity to enter Lan Ke Temple for enlightenment.
If given enough time, Kasyapa's Dharmakaya might be able to be transformed into the Tathagata's golden body.
"When I saw his Dharma body, it was as if I were looking in a mirror and saw all the things of yesterday, and saw my true self. But upon closer inspection, it was a faceless Buddha."
"That's why my curiosity has been amplified, and I seem to vaguely remember seeing descriptions of Buddha or Heavenly Buddha somewhere when I was punished by the previous abbot to guard the library."
Kong Wen tapped on the table, and the scripture "Avatamsaka Sutra of the Ten Directions" and its commentary on it caught Kong Hui's eye.
"The Buddhist Shakyamuni Triad is a group of deities worshipped with Shakyamuni Buddha as the main deity, flanked by Manjushri Bodhisattva and Samantabhadra Bodhisattva. Together they are called the 'Three Saints of Huayan,' and all three can be referred to as Buddhas."
"And the sun, moon, stars, heaven, earth, and man..."
The three luminaries are the sun, the moon, and the stars.
The three powers are Heaven, Earth, and Man.
Among them, Heaven, as the supreme being, refers not only to the natural heaven of the sky, but is also revered as the head of the three powers.
To be named after the Buddha of Heaven, this lineage of the Heavenly Buddha's Homeland must be the foremost of the three Buddhas.
Sweat beaded on Kong Hui's forehead as he exclaimed, "Buddha Shakyamuni?!"
……
"It is I, Shakyamuni!"
In the Western Desert Asura Temple, scorching heat and swirling sandstorms rushed into the hall, causing blood to dry into clusters of dark, foul-smelling blood clots.
Su Lin slapped the acting head of the Shura Temple, who looked dazed and seemingly reformed, to the ground: "You were crushed by your own killing karma after taking a single blow from the Tathagata Palm. Healing someone like that would only make you drool."
"Buddha!?" The Asura King, whose Dharma name was Rahu, covered his bleeding eyes and was also slapped by Su Lin.
Su Lin shook his blood-stained right hand, and as he turned around, his expression suddenly changed. He became elegant and composed, and smiled faintly:
"Han Guang and the others have disappeared. I'll leave these people from the Western Regions Shura Temple to you Six Doors constables. Please take care."
When the constables saw Su Lin and Song Shuhang, they instinctively took a step back, a hint of fear flashing in their eyes. Immediately, Su Yue, the Golden-Eyed Constable, Meng Qi's fifth uncle, stepped forward: "Thank you for your trouble, esteemed gentlemen. On behalf of the Chief Constable, I express my gratitude!"
Su Lin nodded, and the clouds rose beneath his feet, disappearing from the sight of the Six Doors constables along with the others.
Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh!
The constables quickly touched their stomachs, checking their genitals and lower abdomen, and only breathed a sigh of relief after finding themselves unharmed.
"I've heard that the pregnant scholar, though indiscriminate in his affections for men, women, young and old, has a particular fondness for non-human beings."
"Thank goodness, I still have to preserve my virginity for my future wife."
The constables discussed amongst themselves and began to detain several key criminals from the Shura Temple according to the blacklist.
Not far away, Su Lin and the others, who had moved to a different spot, watched this scene from the shadows. Su Lin jumped up and tapped Song Shuhang's big head with his index finger.
"You'll ruin our reputation sooner or later!"
"I didn't want to either."
Song Shuhang was on the verge of tears. He didn't know why the name "Swordsman Scholar" was becoming stranger and stranger. He was just using the Strong Person Appraisal Technique to question the evil and heretical, so how did he become a pregnant scholar who liked non-humans?
"So why are you using the pregnancy gaze?!"
"I can't beat you without using the Pregnancy Gaze," Song Shuhang said confidently.
"So why are you still stuck at the peak of the fourth rank?"
Su Lin grabbed Song Shuhang's clothes, glaring at him and asking, "How many years has it been?! Didn't Senior Bai keep urging you to go back and catch up on your tribulation?"
Song Shuhang: "."
Can I say that I often have nightmares after I go home?
The thought of undergoing tribulation triggered a dangerous premonition, similar to that of Huai Shi, constantly in his mind, making him uneasy. He knew he couldn't possibly undergo tribulation in this state.
If you think about it carefully, you'll understand that if all the cultivators' realms have improved, it's as if you haven't improved at all. This is what's known as relativity.
It must be because the foundation is not solid enough; more practice is needed.
“What’s more, it would normally take a fourth-grade cultivator more than ten or even several decades to advance to the Spirit Emperor realm, right?!” Song Shuhang said.
Su Lin fell silent.
In summary, the man surnamed Song in front of us wrote a book titled "Because I felt my foundation was unstable after a year and a half of transcendence, I chose to cultivate according to the normal cultivator's pace and came to the real world, but I had to get my opponent pregnant."
I don't know how to complain about it.
"Ahem." Song Shuhang changed the subject, "Senior Su Lin, there's something I've wanted to ask you before: is your Buddhist cultivation also derived from the Buddhist divine arts of the real world?"
Before Meng Qi joined the group, during the period when the movie was being filmed, Song Shuhang clearly remembered that Su Lin had not practiced any Buddhist techniques. However, not long after the movie was finished, this person developed a Dharma body. Considering the time when Meng Qi joined the group, Song Shuhang couldn't help but make connections in this direction.
After all, he was among the first victims of Su Lin's true form, the first to be mutated and devoured by his own Vajra Body, and could only be put into the black hole washing machine for cleaning.
"It's from the same place as my Invincible War Dragon, the Bitter Realm, and has absolutely no connection to this Real World."
Su Lin scoffed: "However, after Meng Qi joined the group, I managed to get the general outline of the Tathagata Palm from him. With the foundation of the Hundred Days Foundation Building technique, imitating the local Tathagata Golden Body won't be a problem."
At this point, Su Lin glanced at Song Shuhang and looked him up and down.
"What's wrong?" Song Shuhang asked, puzzled.
"I'll teach you the Heavenly Buddha Formless Body Technique. Combined with the Tathagata Palm, you might just become a person destined for Buddhism." Su Lin rubbed his hands together, eager to learn.
"Senior Su Lin, can't I learn swordsmanship from you?" Song Shuhang was still dreaming of the image of a refined and elegant swordsman.
If it were Senior Su Lin, he should be able to provide a quick kendo learning template that can be loaded with one click, right?
"I can give you a psychological suggestion buff, so that you will see the knife as a sword and the knife's aura as the sword's aura."
Isn't this just deceiving yourself?!
"Looking up at the sky," Song Shuhang sighed deeply, "Let's go to the next place to search, as entrusted by Senior Meng Qi."
"Where?"
"The territory of Su Nu Dao, Li Hua Island."
Song Shuhang was looking at the map when he put it down and noticed that Ge Xiaolun was tilting his head back to prevent his nose from bleeding.
Yang Jian whistled: "I heard there are many 'female bodhisattvas' in that place."
Song Shuhang's expression turned serious: "We're respectable people, right, Senior Su Lin?"
He turned his head and saw that Su Lin's eyes were shining, as if she was very interested: "There should be a lot of bad women in that area?"
Well.
The lineage of the Su Nu Dao Xuan Nu is inherited from the ancient Nine Heavens Xuan Nu. They cultivate karma and follow the path of dual cultivation between men and women. They value emotions, but the moment their physical form dissipates, it often brings emotional pain to the male. Gao Lan had a crazy past because he fell in love with a Xuan Nu's physical form.
The Joyful Cult uses male cultivators as a tonic—those who know, know.
Calling them a group of bad women wouldn't be wrong, but in modern society, these kinds of nuns would have the nickname "Internet Goddess".
"But your family matters haven't been resolved yet, senior. What if you get caught?"
What kind of dirty thoughts are you having?
Su Lin said righteously, "I, Su, have studied the Spring and Autumn Annals. How could I be such a shallow person who cares only about physical pleasure!"
"Exactly, exactly. We're not going to brothels," Ge Xiaolun said, tilting his head back. "Going there to listen to some music and have a few drinks wouldn't be bad, it's the way of the martial arts world."
The place you're talking about is a brothel.
"So, what does the senior intend to do?"
"Of course, it's to save the female cultivators who have gone astray."
Su Lin remained calm and said frankly, "Give them some meticulous care, consideration and attention, and hope that they will soon realize their mistakes and return to the right path to practice the correct methods."
I understand. One of the two great loves of men, as Lu Xun once said, is persuading people to reform their customs.
"I'm serious." Su Lin said, taking out a book called "The Supreme Forgetfulness Manual," which requires experiencing extreme tribulations in the mortal world and the pain of separation and love to master.
"Wouldn't a disciple of the Su Nu Dao (Taoist sect) develop real feelings?"
"Didn't I already have genuine feelings for someone in the past?"
"."
Song Shuhang could only hope that this person wouldn't go too far.
Not long after they left, the constables from the Six Doors were still shaken inside the Shura Temple.
"With the unorthodox forces in the world being dealt a blow, the martial arts figures on the Black List will likely undergo a major reshuffle."
"It's been changed. Isn't that pregnant scholar now fifth on the new blacklist?"
"Sigh, everyone be careful. Don't look him in the eye. I've heard that many unmarried women who have given birth claim that the children in their wombs were conceived by pregnant scholars." Mentioning the recent rumors, the fear in the eyes of the constables grew even stronger.
Deep within the sacred mountain, lightning flashes and thunder roars, and lotus blossoms bloom in profusion, their appearances and disappearances a testament to the cycle of birth and death in the world.
Within the charnel ground formed from the Buddha and Bodhisattvas, waves of resentment soared to the heavens, endless and relentless, their voices rising and falling, filled with gnashing teeth: "Ananda!"
“At a normal point in time, he could not have his current cultivation level. In that case, Chonghe would have perished in the battle on the grasslands. However, by using the Emperor's Sword of the Great Zhou Dynasty to fight against the Demon Saint Spear, Han Guang was able to rescue the suppressed demon race from the back mountain of Shaolin. Kong Wen would also be annihilated.”
"He became a variable, and thus, the course of the game changed."
The figure in the dark gold cassock turned around, his appearance changing between two forms, sometimes appearing as Su Ziyuan from the real world, and sometimes as Meng Qi from Earth.
"So that's why you're trying to steer this game in the right direction?" A short Taoist priest sat atop a vermilion gourd.
Wearing a fish-tail crown and a bright red robe, he was none other than Lu Ya Daojun, a figure who appears extremely mysterious even in mythology.
"The timeline has been reset. We just wanted to confirm what arrangements he made. Now it seems that, apart from his unusually rapid progress in cultivation, he knows some of the events that will happen in the future to a certain extent."
Ananda said, "The fact that he was able to arrange for people to ambush Han Guang and the successor of the Demon Saint in advance, and that he sent people to find the Shen family's location, is evidence of this."
"Why only a part?" Lu Ya asked, puzzled.
“I tried a few other things, but he didn’t respond.” Ananda was unwilling to go into too much detail.
"Including having me set up a projection of your true spirit in Shaolin Temple in advance, and to appear in the image of Su Meng, so that the demon race would believe that he is your reincarnation?"
"Feng Xi harbors boundless hatred for me, and the demon race has felt this way for generations. Wouldn't it be a waste not to take advantage of her?"
When the Demon Saint was mentioned, the Demon Buddha Ananda was lost in thought for a moment, as if he were deeply immersed in memories.
"With the Golden Emperor's help, this matter will proceed much more smoothly. If necessary, we can also release the Great Sage of the Demon Clan under the Golden Cudgel and use them as pawns for testing."
Ananda broke free from the past, his eyes dark and eerie: "The Three Pure Ones have transcended, while Gu Xiaosang and Su Meng are making plans for the future but have lost control in the present. In this matter, we two losers are natural allies, sharing the same interests."
"His path to transcendence must be an extraordinary one, and cannot be viewed merely as a means of subtraction to achieve emptiness. My rebirth signifies that he is no longer complete, and this path is fraught with difficulties and destined to be filled with tribulations."
"And I can also take this opportunity to review the oversights in the original plan."
Lu Ya listened with trepidation. If he could, he would rather not get involved in this matter, as the danger involved was far beyond what was expected.
"The celestial being who appeared in the back mountain of Shaolin Temple has no trace of himself. Is there any other being involved in this matter?" Lu Ya asked.
"Leave the formless body aside for now; even He has limited opportunities to act."
The Demon Buddha chuckled and said, "If he wants to get married, then the Golden Emperor and I will give him a grand gift."
Even though the connection was severed, he could still discover the anomaly on Meng Qi through the arrangements left in the real world. The cause and effect were too heavy, making it difficult to prove the legend.
This is probably the first hurdle.
I need to see a traditional Chinese medicine doctor for some immune-boosting supplements. My health bar shouldn't be too low, but my defense is too weak.
(End of this chapter)